First off, I wanted to tell you guys that I will be discontinuing Carry Me Through and Middle School Nuff Said was on hiatus; so let me know if I should continue Middle School Nuff Said or not. And this new story idea that just came to me! I know there are plenty of stories about Degrassi with the same plot; a band, but I hope you guys like it!

Single-Minded Tragedy

Summary- Thump, thump, thump. I can practically hear my heartbeat in my ears as I sweat under the lights of the stage. The crowd roars and screams as I belt out the last note and let my hands work my magic on the guitar hanging around my neck. I feel a smirk tug its way onto my face as the lights die and the crowd's screaming goes up an octave. This is my job; my life. I'm Elijah Goldsworthy and this is Single-Minded tragedy.

Clare

"Clare!" Alli's voice rang throughout the entire school hallway while her heels stomped against the ground obnoxiously as she ran over to me; people giving her strange looks as she ran by them in a giddy manner.

"Yes?" I asked while I raised my eyebrows.

"Single-Minded Tragedy is coming here; to Toronto to kick off their tour!" She squealed. My eyes almost bulged from their sockets.

Single-Minded Tragedy was one of the most popular bands to ever be heard of in Toronto. I had never been to one of their concerts and I'd dreamed of it ever since I was fourteen when they first became famous.

"For real?" I asked in awe. Alli nodded her head vigorously at me and shoved the magazine in my face. I backed my head away and gently took the magazine from her hands. She had the page bookmarked making me grin widely. I grabbed the bookmark and opened to the page seeing a picture of Elijah Goldsworthy, the lead singer, on the left and an article on the bottom right.

Mental swoon…

I took my eyes off of Elijah's photo and began reading the article, letting my mouth whisper the words almost inaudibly.

Single-Minded Tragedy; a band of many talents. Their 2011 tour has just been confirmed earlier today and they will be kicking it off in Toronto in a week. They say this is their best album yet and you'll just have to buy the tickets to find out! But hurry, their running out!

I cut off after that last sentence and looked at Alli, "Oh my god. OH MY GOD!" I grabbed Alli and we both jumped up and down while squealing causing a few students who were passing by to look at us strangely and we immediately stopped and let our voices die down.

"I can't believe it, Alli!" I told her happily, "How much are the tickets?" I asked her and then her smile quickly faltered.

"Uh…" She hesitated as she bit her lip and I suddenly felt my smile drop too.

"Alli, how much are the tickets?" I repeated, but sternly this time. She then deflated and crossed her arms.

"Eighty-five dollars." She muttered.

"EIGHTY-FI-" Her hand covered my mouth quickly.

"Clare, volume." She told me. I blushed as she removed her hand from my mouth and backed away to the spot she was in previously.

"Eighty-five dollars? How are we supposed to get eighty-five dollars before next Friday and before the tickets run out?" I asked miserably while I opened my locker and stared at the poster of Elijah taped to the inside of my locker. It was one of him at a concert on stage; his hair clinging to his head from the sweat and his signature smirk plastered on his face as he was letting his microphone drop to his side. The spotlight was perfectly centered on him.

Mental swoon… again.

"I… don't know." She said back with a defeated shrug.

"Well, we have to think of something!" I replied in frustration as I grabbed my bag from my locker and slammed it shut after, putting the lock back on in the process. We began walking as the bell rang signaling school was officially over when a voice suddenly came over the intercom.

"Attention Degrassi students! Some very exciting news; Single-Minded Tragedy is kicking off their tour right here in Toronto next Friday, so get your tickets before it's too late!" Sav's voice announced enthusiastically over the loud speaker.

"Great, they just had to announce it, there goes any small chance of us getting tickets." I told Alli as I lifted my arm gesturing to the loud speaker then let it drop to my side once again.

"Who knows, let's hope for a miracle." She suggested with a perky smile and eyebrows that were raised in hope.

"Yeah right; just face it Alli, we're not getting those tickets and there's nothing we can do about it." Her hopeful expression vanished and was replaced with a frown.

"Wow, negative much?" I gave her a look as I raised my eyebrows, "Okay, so, we most likely won't get those tickets, but we can dream." She said before she pursed her lips.

"Let's just get to my house and forget this." I grumbled while we pushed the front doors of Degrassi open and made our way over to my baby blue convertible. I got into the drivers side and Alli got into the passengers side.

I put the key in the ignition and the car came to life and so did the radio.

Ours by Taylor Swift blasted through the speakers and me and Alli started singing.

Elevator buttons and morning air

Strangers silence makes me wanna take the stairs

If you were here we'd laugh about their vacant stares

But right now, my time is theirs

Seems like there's always someone who disapproves

They'll judge it like they know about me and you

And the verdict comes from those with nothing else to do

The jury's out, but my choice is you

So don't you worry your pretty little mind

People throw rocks at things that shine

And life makes love look hard

The stakes are high, the waters rough

But this love is ours

I smiled as I turned the music down slightly and continued to sing to it. Alli's voice suddenly stopped, "Clare, has anyone ever told you that you're an amazing singer?" She questioned me. I felt the heat rush to my cheeks; I wasn't a good singer, was I?

"Alli, I'm a horrible singer."

"What? No! You're an amazing singer."

"Just… shut up." I replied playfully and when she opened her mouth to say something I turned the music up louder to block out her voice. I turned my head to see her reaction and her mouth was slightly agape making me laugh.

We pulled up to my house and I took the key out of the ignition and we both got out before I locked the car up; the hood to the convertible covering the car so no one would try to steal anything from the vehicle. I walked up my porch steps with Alli right behind me as I opened the front door and walked inside. Alli closed the door behind her and we both walked into the living room to start our homework.

The first thing I went for was the stereo hooked up with all the DVD playing stuff. I put on me and Alli's favorite station; Kiss 108.

It was a commercial so I was just about to change it when Alli swatted my hand away, "Wait! Listen." She told me.

Then the host started talking about a contest to win concert tickets. I sighed in frustration and crossed my arms waiting.

"Alright! So, I know you guys heard about the Single-Minded Tragedy concert coming up in a week? Well, for some of you hardcore fans out there we decided to arrange a contest for you guys." He started with an enthusiastic voice. My posture instantly went straight and I listened intently to the radio with Alli.

"Well, whoever is the 23rd caller will win four tickets and backstage passes to meet the band!" He continued dramatically and both me and Alli dived into our pockets for our phones; we were not missing this one in a million chance opportunity.

Me and Alli were much smarter than people would think; we had the number programmed into our phones.

"When I say go, start dialing and fate will choose our lucky winner! Aaand, GO!"

Me and Alli clicked the call button after waiting precisely two and a half seconds. We both waited and listened to his voice over the radio.

"Hello, lucky caller twenty-three!"

His voice echoed in my ear and my eyes went wide, "Hi!" My voice rang through the phone and the stereo. I heard Alli squeal and drop her phone before turning the stereo volume down and shoving her ear against the other side of the phone to listen to the conversation.

"What's your name?"

"Clare, m-my name is Clare." I breathed out; this is not happening…

"Well, Clare, you just won four tickets and backstage passes to Single-Minded Tragedy! Buuut…" He drawled out dramatically making my heart skip a beat.

What is he doing, I won, right?

"You have to finish these lyrics!" And then me and Alli's all time favorite song played over the phone and the lyrics flooded our ears.

"I look into your eyes and I know right there that this is nothing I've ever felt before and I just want you to know-" The lyrics cut off and I smiled; I know this.

"You're something different, like no other girl I've seen and when you speak it's like angels sing." I sang into the phone, not realizing I did. Did I have to?

"Whoa, Clare! Some voice you got there. Well, congratulations; you won!"

Me and Alli squealed in excitement, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I screeched into the phone before laughing.

"Well, your tickets and backstage passes should come in the mail whenever tomorrow! Have a great night girls!" And with that the line disconnected. Suddenly my mom came into the room looking like she just had a heart attack.

"Oh, I thought you girls were dying in here!"

We laughed at my mom then I remembered the most important part of the concert; parental permission…

Alli must have registered what I was thinking by the look in my eyes, "Uh, mom?" I asked my mother a bit hesitantly.

"Yes, honey?"

"Well, I have a really important question for you and it would make me so happy if you said yes and I'll never ask for anything ever a-"

"Clare, get to the point." My mom laughed. I took a deep breath and clenched my eyes shut.

"Can I go to a concert next Friday with Alli?"

"Sure."

"I mean, I know that you're so over protective and I want you to be able to trust me."

"Clare-"

"And I know that I've never done something like this before, but-"

"Sweetheart! I said you could go!"

"And I just- whoa, wait, what?"

"I saaaid, you can go."

"Really?" To say I was jumping for joy would be an understatement; I was ecstatic.

"Yes."

"OH MY GOD, THANK YOU!" I practically jumped on her and gave her a big bear hug.

I couldn't wait for Friday…

The next day…

I found myself shaking with anticipation as the clock struck noon. I was checking for the tickets every hour and they still had yet to arrive and I was beginning to get a bit agitated.

It took six more hours; six, before the tickets came in the mail. Once I got the tickets and stage passes I called Alli up immediately, "Alli, I got the tickets!" She squealed on the other end and we both laughed and talked for a while. Her foster parents- soon to be adoptive parents -agreed to let her go as long as she dragged Sav along.

We had one extra ticket…

"Uh, hey Alli?"

"Yeah?"

"We still have another ticket, what are we gonna do with it?"

"I actually… didn't think about that." She said seeming deep in thought.

"Well, we should figure out who we wanna take." I responded nonchalantly.

"What about Katie?"

I gasped, "I just remembered she's home from Vancouver!" I told Alli happily.

Katie Matlin; our other best friend since grade four. I was so absorbed in these tickets that I hadn't remembered Katie was back since Thursday.

"Well, Katie it is!"

This concert was going to be amazing.

Yeah, um… I've had this typed up for a few days and sooo, here it is. It's rated T for now, not to sure if It'll change later. I hope you guys actually really like it.

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